An experiment shows that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and point them in the right direction ...

Bonobo apes are very similar to the more widely recognized chimpanzees—a smaller species of ape native to the Congo region of ...

The work clearly showed that the bonobos could tell when their human partner was ignorant. The experimental approach is quite ...

Recognising that someone lacks information you possess is key for effective communication and cooperation, and bonobos seem ...

A new study shows that bonobos seem to know a little bit about what's going on in a human companion's mind, and will try to ...

Scientists suspect that contagious urination, a behavior they observed among a troop of apes in Japan, may play an important ...

The bonobo, in case you haven’t heard, carries a reputation as the “make love, not war” member of the ape lineage, far lustier and less bellicose than its close cousin, the chimpanzee.

This is a process they call ‘habituation’. Scientist Gottfried Hohmann describes how he and his team habituated the Bonobo Chimpanzee, our closest relative, in Africa’s dense Congo forest.

The first study of copycat urination in an animal documents how one chimpanzee peeing prompts others to follow suit. Now researchers are exploring why.

Synchronized urination may reinforce social bonds and improve group cohesion among chimps, according to new research.